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Annotated by charleshiggie (2196): I had just turned 16, and was starting to become aware of the joys of the fairer sex. I was also obsessed with chess. One night, I went to sleep after studying some games in Bobby Fischer’s “60 Memorable Games.”
I woke up to find myself lying in soft grass. Looking up I saw that I was in a square field. Beside me was a bench, with, what seemed to me at the time, an old man crying. I… |
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Annotated by charleshiggie (2196): This, and the next game, also against sarapitolas are included for an unusual reason. In this game I was a pawn up, and in the other game I was a pawn down. I offered a draw in both games, and he accepted. What I want you to do is to work out who had the better deal and why? Your comments would be welcome! This is the Slav Defence to the Queens Gambit. It is quite solid and respected. As… |
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Annotated by kingstuart (1200): the Slav Defence. the Slav is a solid line against the queens gambit where black retains some counterattacking chances. mainline Nf6 would lead to a more normal position, black is trying to hold on to the extra pawn but this cannot be done preventing blacks intended ...b5 ? giving white a free tempo. black already has a difficult position, the only reason the position isn't losing for black … |
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Annotated by coolistdude (1704): Another blitz game against a beast of a player. If I remember correctly the first game I sacrificed a couple rooks and some pawns in a desperate situation and somehow ended up like only being a piece down. It was interesting enough that my opponent requested a rematch. Unfortunately, I couldn't save the previous game because I was afraid he'd leave before I'd be done so an interesting loss went… |
